The number of forcibly displaced people has more than doubled in the last two decades, the United Nations’ refugee agency noted in a report released…
Borders
To us, borders are not lines where countries meet, but places where national laws and transnational business intersect. When companies, capital and people cross borders, they enter a sphere where trade deals, tax havens, multinational supply chains and human migration are big factors in how business is done. Here we look at how the global economy operates in this space between states.
QATAR ROW
War-torn Somalia could become tangled in the wealthy Gulf states’ diplomatic spat
The latest diplomatic spat in the Middle East, over Qatar’s alleged ties to terrorism, risks engulfing and destabilizing Somalia, a war-torn Horn of Africa nation…
TRAVEL BAN
Australia plans to be the first country in the world to seize passports of child-sex offenders
Australian sex offenders convicted of crimes against children may be soon banned from leaving the country, their passports withheld by the government. It would be…
OPEN BORDERS
Africans traveled a little more freely across Africa last year
Moving around Africa is notoriously difficult for travelers with African passports. Only 10 out of 55 countries on the continent waive visas for all African…
BEYOND THE DMZ
It’s time to start considering what a North Korean refugee crisis would look like
There’s an undeveloped strip of land on the Korean peninsula where nature thrives, but wild animals occasionally explode. Walking across it would be a bad…
FISH OUT OF WATER
Good luck with finding American engineers for the drudgery at companies like Infosys and Cognizant
As the American dream sours for foreign workers, tech companies have their eyes peeled for local talent. Immigrant workers have long flocked to US tech…
JUST CURIOUS
Malaysia is going nuts over a retired porn actress’ visit, and some states are more excited than others
Malaysians erupted with excitement when Maria Ozawa, a Japanese actress best known for her adult films, signaled her presence in the country via Instagram three…
A WARNING TO ALL
The ACLU issues a “travel advisory” for Texas after the state bans sanctuary cities
The American Civil Liberties Union has issued a “travel alert” for people traveling to Texas, warning them that after the passage of a new law,…
THEY BE THE JUDGES
Trump has decided not to spend on the one thing that could really deter illegal immigration
The $1 trillion spending bill that the US Congress passed yesterday funnels nearly $1.5 billion extra towards finding and catching undocumented immigrants. But once those…
CLOCKED
You can be detained in the US for overstaying your visa by 90 minutes
An Australian man was detained at the US-Canada border for overstaying his visa by 90 minutes, according to his American girlfriend. The couple intended to…
DISASTER'S WAKE
Climate change has created a new generation of sex-trafficking victims
When Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines in November 2013, it was, at the time, the strongest storm in history ever to make landfall. A “super…
MAKE IN AMERICA
Giving in to Trump’s bullying, India’s outsourcing giant Infosys is hiring 10,000 American workers
Infosys is finally doing what Donald Trump wants it to do. India’s second-largest IT services firm has decided to hire 10,000 American workers over the…
